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Readers’ Choice Best Food, Drink, Arts & Entertainment is back again this year and voting begins this week. So make sure you make your final picks. Voting will go through November 22 and only includes the best food, drink, arts & entertainment categories. This year we featured two contests. The first contest only featured the best people and places. The second contest begins this week featuring food, drink, arts, and entertainment. So, you will be able to vote for things like the best cheeseburger, artists, and musicians in our area.

According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas labor market achieved a new record high in October for the number of people in the civilian labor force. “After adding 47,300 people over the month, the seasonally adjusted civilian labor force reached a new record high of 15,497,100. This marks the tenth consecutive month of growth for Texas’ civilian labor force. Over the year, Texas’ civilian labor force has added 360,800 people.” Cass County also saw its number rise by nearly 100 people back into the workforce from August to September according to Local Area Unemployment Statistics (October not yet released).”

CHRISTUS Health hospitals in Texarkana and Atlanta have earned the top rating for health care safety from the Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization that assigns grades to U.S. hospitals based on their ability to prevent medical errors and harm to patients.